The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware • Page 23

Thursday, August 27. 1959 Newsbreak .4 Page 23 lr Still Guides Voyage ri 4 Lighthouse Glows Through 1 00 Yrs. 1" Observance of the 100th yearling a largely seafood diet with 4 or operation of a lighthouse atilour, sugar and other necessi-Delaware's southeastern ox- tics purchased on the mainland- i tremity has served to focus at- those staples were, according to tcntion upon little publicized, local Ipgond, often paid for vuth 1 but growing Kenwick Island, coins that had been washed up rticuiuini; mc unaware we uoac nos lioni Old wrecks 1 1 Development Department. 'off the coast. 5n.

While there are no special First Called Ilcnlopeu activities planned to mark the initially called Cape llon- "Contcnnial of the Fcnwick Is- lonnn "1 land Lighthouse," Gov. J. Caleb true cape, some 20 miles to the Boggs has made note of the north, that marks the entrance passing of another milestone in Delaware Bay), Fenwick Is-the area's history by issuing ajland straddled the lower line special message commending of William Penn's grant- this the services to navigation ren-boundary, however, was' dis-dored by the Lighthouse and putcd by the Calverts of Mary, by the citizens of fenwick Is-land until 175051, when sur- AP Wlrephol were deposited in the area by a tropical disturbance off the southern Texas coast. SKIING IN THE RAIN-David Hoswood of Corpui found recent raini good for omething-water skiing. ii shown moving along behind a truck.

Heavy rains land veyors ran a straight lino fiom me cape westward to a Domf midway of the Delmarva Pcmn- Health Chief Apprehensive Located on a low, scrub-covered dune about one-third mile inland from the ocean, the Fenwick Island Lighthouse still guides voyagers just as it has for the past 100 years. A favorite photographic subject, stua (near present day Delnmr) thereby forming present day Delaware's southern boundary. Price Fears Suicide of Mankind (A stone marker in 1751 and bearing the coats-of it has anncared in many a tour-iof the Calvi-rts nf i ist's album and also in many Tcnns may still be seen adja- puuui-auuns. i-iMu io me lence surrounding Built After Wrecks the Lighthouse). In latp 17in pace if we live in the city, we wonder whether fumes from industry, some of them odorless and invisible, are poisoning our air.

"If we live in the country, we worry about the effects of WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 flJPD. Dr. David E. Price, assistant surgeon general of the U.

S. Public Health Service, believes there is some reason to fear mankind may be committing suicide. He isn't sure, of course. But League Recalls Suffrage Gains Because of the Mason and Jeremiah f' Dixon Sllivrvrrf fmm hn Public Gets Bid ToBe Engineers -J Ik 1 Colonial times, had occurred in Peninsula point northward to' the area, the U. S.

Government Pennsylvania, creating what is rnnstritf I inn nf the now Delaware western boun-1 the herbicides and pesticides which are applied to the land Liuarir.LW, Aug. 26. in 1R-V7 uiih ih clary. The local chapter of the National League of Women Voters in the August issue of Public Health reports, published by ttlc, (Special). Residents of Cris-1 finished structure beaming its1 At first only a few scattered i-inlH worn onnnnron.i Slicht occanward for the first bouses marked the site of tn.

points with pride to the work, the health service, he asks the and then leach into streams." Water Supply Hipping question: "Is man becoming of the national organization in li ni-uf on August 1, Con- I'cnwick Island. To these tonight obsolete?" Another "potential danger of "a struction cost was $23,784. were added dwellings for light to turn The theme of the article is iaw uiwiiiu i tvij euhiai inn CllIU BULtLa During its earlier years, liuht house personnel after construe summed up in a single ir: Kind or channel they think ll'ia rti'tirirlrirl htr 1 ir limn tinn nf (ho I inhlh in me suDtiue: "ine invenuonsi snoum be dug fr J.ansicr;that burned whale oil. In more 1398, a Camp Meeting was age of water. Island to this town's harbor.

of clever men threaten the survival of the species." recent years, lighting has, near the Lighthouse Price said "it was estimated The encouragement was of-Course, been'provided by olec-jand this soon developed into red at a public meeting in triral mnnn uith fun mntni-c about fiftv smnll rntfaonc imr. that in only 20 more Price did not refer to nuclear gaining the franchise for women as the league marks its 39th anniversary this year. The chapter points to the fact that when the 19th Amendment was ratified on Aug. 26, 1920, the League took up where the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) left oil, and entered upon the course of action its members had promised when they fought for enfranchisement. It is reported that a 1,000,000 women under the leadership of the activated the our uaiiy use ui waier win ai- ii-ii A- most exactly equal our daily' 2 discuss the pro- providing the necessary cur-icial additional cottages on the Supply' was aPnn channel project rent.

front subsequently aP- lack of water which caused the at the pe Dcspile ils Vcimkk of the great civiliz-, a- Island is not an island but in-! T'e annual camp meeting ations of the Middle East." Jonn Tawes heads a com- stead is part of a narrow -essions ceased about 1016 and "We all live," according to m'ltee which was appointed by mile long sandy peninsula with virtually all of the cottages that Price, "under the shadow of a ine Mayor- and City Council, at bays and creeks separating it were part of the tamp eventu- if 1 V-vj-. i public concern that, even haunting fear that something rccent meeting attended by from the mainland on the west disappeared in may corrupt the environment businessmen and civic leadersJand with the Atlantic Ocean However, Fenwick Island was if we escape destruction by fight for woman suffrage. Car tn thp noint where man ioinsllhe committee was formed to forming its eastern boundary, subsequently "re discovered," i war, something else, probably rie Chapman Catt, president of subtle, insidious, and gradual, the NAWSA, organized and gave tne name to me League may evemuauy cause us io De- of Women Voters. She was come a 'has been' species." the dinosaurs as an information to Con-Several inlets, some created by and new cottages, some built on form of life." jgressman Thomas F. Johnson, nature but all since filled in, 'state-owned land, soon ap- But even "stronger First Congressional Dis-scrved to make an island of peared.

Considerable state land fear," he said, "is the convic- tr'ct seek an appropriation the area long ago; this com mas later sold to individuals, tion that what may at times or a survey and to have the bined with Fenwick, name of and, in 1953, by act of the Del-appear to be the shadow dne- its original owner, is the basis'aware Legislature, Fenwick Is- honorary president until the "The technological world time of her death in 1947. man has created bombards us Mrs. Catt, at the end of her with countless products which combine within our bodies as extinction is in reality the dark- Sentiment is strong for the now somewhat erron- land was incorporated and woll nnr onvirnnmpnt. in' nesa nrecedinff the dawn of the foot channel in nlarp of ths eous name. into us own as an or- BEACON FOR 100 YEARS The lighthouse on Fenwick Island, south of Cape Henlopen, still guides voyagers after 100 years.

Its centenary serves to focus national attention on one of Delaware's least publicized areas which is undergoing new growth and improvement. greatest era of progress man present 12 to 13 foot channel. I Today's Fenwick Island, a ganized community, has ever known." I iwnn riv fnP nonH thriving resort, bears little re According to the Develop- cause reactions that we as yet know almost nothing about." first year as organization chairman, had used three quarts of ink writing, by hand, to 800 local and state organizations. In this past fiscal year the national office, in contacting 1,080 vuiuuvvtuf, ment Department, Fenwick Is- This mav or may not prove fn- on fnnt semblance to the earlier ten- Radiation "is perhaps the matnr rausp'nf pnnrern." but it to be true. To make it come rvicfiou-.

i i. wick Island, which had few in- land has made tremendous fcring small boat anchorage in north of Fenwick Island, has 8 iViUllVIU a VV OUUIl 1.1 3U-ll uiut i i Li' 1 1 A- I i local leag the agues, has used 110 "is only one aspect of man s1 true, Price said, mere must De a channel of that depth will ana waJ, 81 iti-cni years. j-nackyard'' man made lagoons oi sucn waterways, of mimeograph ink in'changing environment." jmore research to find out just be necessary to handle the traf-ibarely ccessibIe- In lhesc car-jModcrn motels and restaurants that connect with inland water-! Completion in 1958 of 1250 000 pages not in-1 "Organic materials of un- what man's inventions are lo of larccr boats that will be licr days' Pirates ravaged the have been constructed and Fen-ways. dredging of the nearby pounds running Assa to him Then standards nrnnp fnr and thls- together with its wick island has become a fa-' woman Canal, a vital link in eluding individual correspond-known toxicity are being intro-i in ence. printed pages in Pamph- duced at an ever-accelerating1 must be set up and enforced.

tion lQ othpP Shore nnin. The! remoteness and rugged recreational spot of an inland waterway system 1 1 i -r UIT JIUll I HI 1 VI 1 111 llWllMll. Bay, at I 1 ui-i-ia-i vnumn-i wuuiu usu uc -u nnlv nmi. ulnr i i. in line with the proposed im-i iusijuliivc khku.

vhjujt nm ut-ain -v i wun cnmcoicague iay, pi ovement to Somers Cove and few nardy souls innaD'tin the and quiet atmosphere just a properties but, in their con-in Virginia, has also served to the citv harbor and dock jSandy, water-locked coastal short drive, north or south, 'struction, provide sand and increase the area's popularity strip raisea some came dui iiom larger, more populous re- diri wun wnicn 10 nuild iipmc among vacationists who ai mostly depended upon the sea sorts. Several large dcvelop 'piopcities themselves. South boating enthusiasts, notes tha 'White Elephant' Sale To Help Buy Fire Engine If you wanna buy a duck ifar include automobiles, tele-don't come to the white ele- visions, tires, furniture and phant sale on Saturday, Sept. as the committee says, "just 12, which is being sponsored 'about everything but a duck." for their existence, supplement- menls have appeared, some of Bethany, a large development Development Department. Greater 'Kiss of Death' Roadblock Nets Robbery Suspect lets and 135,000 copies of each issue of the National Voter.

As the League notes, "this surely is testimonial to activity and growth." German Finds U. S. Friendly SALISBURY, Aug. 26 (Special). This city's friendly atmosphere is just like home, says Jutta Keulcn, a 16 year-old German exchange student new here for a year of study.

Miss Keulen said she found by the Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company of New Castle that The other day, a kitchen sink' LAWKWitButu, Aug. was even donated. 26 OH. The Lincoln Finance Chief Leonard said that per- Company, was held up and rob-sons having "anything" thev bed of $62 at gunpoint today, wish to ppt rid of iust call and the manager of another More Dangerous Than Snakes NEW YORK. Aug.

26 i Poisonous biles killed 215 killed by snakes. Poisonous Dr. Henrv M. Parrish of Bur-Afraid of poisonous snakes? Americans in 1950-54. Eighty-ispidcrs killed another 39lington, who thinks that is unless a duck may be donated within the given period.

According to members of the the fire company and firemen loan company at Somerset, Ky 1 committee, headed by Fire a Bees ana wasps acuiauy car- nve aica irom sungs of Scorpions, sting rays and other previous estimates of bites and Uv. Oliu arua ruionj vui i un tniei jonn wonaiu. un -uc- lry a Crcalcr K1SS 01 ocam "ri wasps, norneis, and yellow beasts did in the rest. istings by venomous animals I jackets, compared with 71 i inn ai win ihliuuc iujlhi was nuutu uiol iuc vuiliuh. Americans.

The figures are reported bv and insects are far too low. or sale would be one of the The suspect was identified about everything except the duck. All proceeds will go for largest ever to be held by the by state police as Charles W. p.L 7 pavrnll ni xr company. nes, 32, manager of the Teo 'bUSDCCt SaVS NaPairKr Because of the amount of, pics Finance Company, of.

At Insignia Tirm New York's skyscraping sky- the new aerial ladder truck line a lonesome sight. She's one which is expected to be de- Many deaths from poisonous bites are very likely erroneously attributed to heart at larks, heat strokes, or other causes, he writes in the American Medical Association's Archievcs of Internal Medicine. of two exchange students who Uvered at the end of the year items coming in, it has been Somerset, lie was accompanied! PROVIDENCE, R. Aug. 26 decided to hold the affair in: by Mrs.

Sarah Conley, 41, also Two men held up the In Led Him to Kill Wife The new piece of apparatus, badly needed costs a "small front of the firehouse across of Somerset. ternational Insignia Company 26 n.TD. suburban Harvey, borne, he' will be in Salisbury this school year. The other is Kieth Yor-ston, 17, of New Zealand. He'll arrive soon.

'Miss Keulen will live here fortune." from the tennis courts, on, the police said the bandit, wear- office today and escaped with Rattlesnakes were the most Some of the items donated so: large apron or parking lot. jn, a raincoat but no mask and a $3,300 payroll Arthur Brown. 48, uid kS carrying a .38 caliber revolver,) Police said the men, one it'll. ni iiwii ii. i Dll A I entered the Lincoln office at them armed, walked into the ana lor years snc nagzed nexi most deadly.

laKing JJlll 51d JdlCI Vdl 9:30 a. took the $62 and office and threatened two worn 'en clerks. They fled in a car. fled in a car. WASHINGTON, Aug.

26 engineering and designing; i ti jusi ruu uni iahe ner naccin. me every day. 'anv more" n'n human lives, he says. He ii analyzed sting and bite deaths shn hor to lhnt a recorded by the National Office shot her to shut her up. nine.

shot revolver from a 0f Vital Statistics. Brown, a salesman, was try-jdrcsscr drawer and began; wasps, hornets and ing to explain how he came to shooting. Brown emptied all, other winged messengers of kill his wife, Ann, 41, last night.nin,e ulcs inl his usually kill quickly, Declares Emergency with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thillips where she'll have two sisters, Latricia, 16, and Joanne, 20.

The latter is a student at the University of Delaware. Pat will be a classmate of the German girl at Wicomico High School where they'll be seniors. Likes Roik'n' Roll Miss Keulen is the only child The House passed a He referred to hopes of spon- today designed to encourage sorJ that car makers would'fol. car manufacturers to include low tne Government's lead and government adopted safety indude such safct devkcs on equipment on all new cars. ncw automobilcs.

The bill, which now goes to! Rep. Walter Rogers (D-Tcx.) the Senate, would require the'nad criticized the measure as a Boggs Calls Road land body. often within an hour, by caus They were together in their Then he telephoned police ing fatal shock or allecic reac inrl cmrl fhnrn Vti Iiian a t- i i i r-: ALSLY MARKER rirW acr an0 a suicide. snakes and sniders usual of Bcnno and Margaret Keulcn Toll Rise Critical" Gov. J.

Caleb Boggs yester-i "Highway accidents have in "Highway accidents have in- RUTLAND, AUg. 6 (LTD.) Whon nnliro un i.nrl hnnr tn Vill Her father has traveled Department to es-j "promotional scheme." He said sively in Europe as an agent ablisn safcty standards for all it would permit car makers and for an industrial firm government purchased accessory dealers to reap large A 230-pound marble standing outside, By states, the highest death Ivies 'wSed ZCornorn posed byCrS declared an emergency creased the hazards of public'for the srive of Admlral Wll was (hc 0'nip(y cu'tolls during the five years were French and the department. Imcnt "all kinds of safcty "lsls because travel on Delaware roads andjliam (Bull) IIalscy has becnto his hcad and puIlinr, thcjTexas 36. Gcorgia 19, califor- m'- 9nnrAvin ihP hill hv' ripvirrs the suddcn increasc in have bccome a VnZ danger shipped from the Green Moun- trigger over and over again, nia 18. Florida 13.

Alabama, Before approving the bill by English. Roth charces wpi-p dpnioH hv highway accidents and pro-jto the health and well being Marble Company to Ar- Today, he was charged with Kentucky and North Carolina voice vote, the House rejected lington National Ccmotary. 'murder. 10 each, and Arizona 9. Rep Kenneth A Robbcrts inomu vi otji-ui 'uiouuu, mc uvuuui chairman 'of a House embcr "Saty Month in said, adding that with i the re-rnmmr pnmmittPP! Delaware." lopcning of schools children will Commerce sub committee which recommended the bill.

265-125 a motion by Rep. John B. Bennett (R-Mich.) to send the bill back to committee. Bennett had denounced the bill as "dictatorial legislation" that would "put the Federal The action was announced subjected to increased Alreay a skilled musician, she Is eager to continue her studies here. She prefers the classics, but conceded that "rock and roll" is all right.

She loves swimming and has already taken a few dips at nearby Ocean City and she also likes riding. Bill Would Save Battleship Silver For Free Staters He said the bill was worthwhile; the Delaware Safety Council hazards, if it resulted in saving only, which was called upon by thej "Highway accidents result Government in the business of one life. Governor to launch "a misuse 01 ine paign to inform the public fully wa's by a minority of the on the causes and remedies for motorists using those highways, the current highway death toll. and accidents are void-and take other desirable steps abIc- the Governor asserted, to stop the slaughter on the IIe aIs0 pointed out that last Mass to Stress Freedom's Loss For Captive Poles ijn' L'r roads of Delaware." a nign loiai oi -it highway deaths occurred in Clifford T. Foster.

presi-' dent of the council, declared, 11 A. th, Jr. I lit uui 1 1 1 1 1 i.Muiu a vf lamation stating that "the public safety is gravely en-dansprpd hv the recent hieh preparations to conduct such a campaign. SALISBURY, Aug. 25 (Special).

Nearly 40 years ago, when the U.S.S. Maryland was launched, the Free State presented a silver service to the "officers country" on the battleship. Now the old Maryland is about to be scrapped after service in World War II and 15 years in the mothball fleet on the West Coast. What happens to the silver? Rep. Thomas F.

Johnson, the Eastern Shore's congressman, wants to know. He's introducing a bill in congress which would salvage the silver service and give it The Governor's Highway jievel of highway accidents, and Safety Committee and other of-that jt j3 essential that all ficial agencies were similarly citizens of Delaware and all called upon by the 0 motor vehicles who also directed enforcement traversing this state shall ex-agencies of the state to cooper- ercjse extreme caution, and be-ate in the campaign. 'cause of this situation I pro- Deaths I'p 13 Pel. claim the month of September Governor Hoggs said that as 'Safety Month in Delaware highway fatalities are 13 per The proclamation also said: A memorial mass will be celebrated Sunday at 11:15 a. m.

at St Hcdwig's Catholic Church, marking the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Toland by Nazi and Communist troops. Attendance will be sponsored by the Council of Polish Societies and Clubs in Delaware and the Delaware division of the Folish-Amcrican Congress. All Polish groups will be represented and the Tulaski Legion Band will participate. On Oct. 11, a Pulaski Day celebration will be held.

Events will include a parade at Pulaski Place and a banquet at the Hotel Du Pont. AP Wlrphot8 COUPLE OF BAD BREAKS-Confronting photogropher with grim expressions are Charlotte Blankenship and brother David in White Sands Missile Range, N.M. They wear casts on arms as result of broken bones. Unrelated accidents occurred a few days apart. They are the children cent above the figures for the "Every citizen is called upon to the Maryland Historical Society for "worth and perpetual preservation." The huge pieces of silver are engraved with Maryland same period last year.

This in- to make it his individual re-crease has come about in responsibility to take part in the AP WlrtDhoto ACTOR'S SON TO MARRY-Alan Lodd, 21, son of the film actor, and Patricia Ann Beazley, 23, apply for a marirage license In Santa Monica, Calif. They met while attending the University of Southern California. cent weeks, he said, "reversing statewide effort to make Dela of Navy ET1 Arnold Blankenship, who is stationed on a downward trend in DclawarejWare roads safe again, and to, a post at White Sands, and his wife. It looks like the highway accident, statistics forjhold the line against highway! children's summer will end with a bad break instead of a the first half of this year." accidents." big bang. scenes, including historical Green Hill Episcopal Church on the Wicomico River, near here..